{"id":5812,"date":"2010-01-19T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasas-aster-instrument-observes-haiti-quake-aftermath\/"},"modified":"2010-01-19T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T09:02:00","slug":"nasas-aster-instrument-observes-haiti-quake-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/nasas-aster-instrument-observes-haiti-quake-aftermath.php","title":{"rendered":"NASA’s ASTER Instrument Observes Haiti Quake Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Landslides from the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake are clearly visible in a new simulated natural-color image from an instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft.
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The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission<\/span> and Reflection Radiometer<\/span> (ASTER<\/span>) instrument on NASA<\/a>'s Terra spacecraft <\/span>captured this simulated natural color image of the Port-au-Prince, Haiti, area, Jan. 14, 2010, two days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the region and caused massive damage and loss of life. While ASTER<\/span>'s 15-meter (50-foot) resolution is not sufficient to see damaged buildings, it can be used to identify other results of the shaking. The red circles superimposed on the image indicate possible landslides, a common occurrence in mountainous terrain after large earthquakes. The possible landslides were identified by carefully comparing the new image with an image acquired one year previously.<\/span>

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